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Note From Barb: The Terrorism of the Spoken Word
Dear Reader, The recent mass shooting in a Buffalo supermarket will be prosecuted as first-degree murder or a hate crime, but regardless of how it is charged, the attack is a clear example something called “stochastic terrorism.” The accused gunman, an 18-year-old who had posted an online racist “manifesto” before using an assault weapon to […]
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Note From Melissa: The Twilight of Constitutional Law
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Note From Asha: What Elon Musk Gets Wrong About the Marketplace of Ideas
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Note From Joyce: The Virtue of Transparency
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Note From Barb: Sunday Night Massacre
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Note From Melissa: The Art of the Judicial Long Game
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Note from Asha: When the Right-Wing Eye of Sauron Landed on Me
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Note From Joyce: Don’t Leave Your Common Sense at the Door
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Note From Barb: The Patriotism of Public Defenders
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Note From Asha: I Want You to Do Me a Favor, Though
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Note From Joyce: Trump in the Pincers of DOJ & the January 6th Committee
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Note From Melissa: The Sum of Her Parchments
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